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The leader of a successful company is like a President,rather than a dictator. He/She must have a Cabinet ofgood advisers. Every thriving firm that wishes to lastmust be a one-person business. But the one person musthave a trusted staff of Helpers, Advisors and/orManagers.

The person who tries to do it all alone will probablydie trying with their business soon following. Nobodyis so wise that they cannot learn or be too strong toneed help.

Quick Look in the Mirror: Are you the Mr. (Ms or Mrs.)Know-It-All who thinks that if you want a job doneright, you have to do it yourself? If so, no bettertime than the present to start changing that falsemirror image that you are using to so cleverly foolyourself.

A successful leader must create a Staff. Just asCaptain Kirk, had Spock, McCoy and the rest, so does agood business owner need his or her counselors andadvisers. Every General has their Colonels. EveryColonel has their Captains and so on. No officer isleft completely on their own. This is one of the fewwise rules of war. Every employer should have his orher own support group of competent helpers.

Too many business men/women make the mistake of doingeverything themselves and try to follow every jobthrough on their own. The take false pride in beingindispensable. Some will even say to themselves, "IfI'm gone for even one day something will surely gowrong". This is the type of self-serving self-praisethat describes a bad staff organizer.

Your skill as a great organizer is tested by the amountof time your business runs smoothly in your absence. Ifyou cannot leave it for more than a week, you need tore-analyze your staff, their respectiveresponsibilities and capabilities, as well as thedirection of your leadership.

In every company large or small their should be anucleus of competent individuals who have been properlytrained and can be trusted to carry out the duties oftheir peers as well as yourself in your absence. Thisnucleus is your Staff. These are the people that willmake the difference between success and failure.

Train, Trust and Utilize Your Staff to their fullestpotential!

One Last Thought In Closing:

One cannot build a good staff without good leadership.One comparison of good leadership that comes to mind isthe Old Scottish Clan. The members of a Clan were trueto their Chief and he was true to them. If even thehumblest member of the Clan was injured or killed, theChief stepped in to avenge or rescue them. The Chieffought for his people. He held his own life in lesservalue than that of the welfare of his Clan. Thisexample is of course in extreme, but the moral of thestory is, "you must fight for your people to have themfight for you".

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